Part II

Hidan and Kakuzu Arc

Akatsuki member Kakuzu often used Zangei's station to drop off corpses of the bounties he had collected. Zangei would gladly pay Kakuzu for his services, but noted to Kakuzu about Hidan dragging him down in terms of earning profits, something Kakuzu quite agrees on. Shortly after paying Kakuzu 30,000,000 ryō for Chiriku, Zangei was captured by Konohagakure and taken in for interrogation by Ibiki Morino.[2]